Apparatus for preserving eggs



D. SMITH. Y APPARATUS POR PRESERVING EGGS.

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Patented Dec. 13,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFTCE.

DEXTER SMITH, OF LITCHFIELD CORNER, MAINE.

-APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING EGGS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 250,985, dated December13, 1881.

' Application filed October 28, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DEXTER SMITH, ofLitchfield Corner, ot' the county ot' Kennebec and State of Maine, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Preservers; and I do herebydeclare the same to be described in the following specification andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a topview, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a transverse section, ofan ovarat-or or mechanism embodying my invention, which is a combinationconsisting otl not only a trough or case and an apron extendinghorizontally and loosely across such, but ot' a grid arranged directlyunderneath the said apron und provided with means or mechanism forreciprocatingit (the said grid) lengthwise thereof, all beingsubstantially as hereinafter explained, and as represented in theaccompanying drawings.

It is well known that in order to preserve eggs or prevent their yolksfrom adhering to their shells, and thereby soon causing decay ordecomposition of the liquid contents ot' the shells, it becomesnecessary occasionally 'to turn the eggs, so as to cause their yolks torest on different parts of the shells. My invention is for this purpose,and also to re :eive and hold eggs until such times as they may bewanted for sale or use.

In the drawings, A denotes the trough or case, usually made like anordinary drawer, it having within and extended loosely across it fromside to side and end to end of it an apron or piece of cloth, B, suchapron or cloth resting upon the reciprocating grid G,whose bars a extendtransversely across it, the two extreme or end bars of the grid heiligsomewhat higher than the intermediate ones.

The grid rests on a windlass or rotary shaft, D, provided with a crank,E, and extended across the case. A line, F, attached at its two oppositeends of the grid and Wound tightly at its middle about the windlass orshaft, enables a person, on turning the crank, to move the grid,vlengthwise in one direction or the reverse beneath the apron, or, inother words, to reciprocate the grid. The eggs, being placed on theapron, will, on the grid being so moved, be caused to revolve more orless, and thus by simply turning the crank all the eggs that may beresting on the apron will be simultaneously rotated. Furthermore, thegrid is supportedj in its movements by rollers G, secured to the frame.

A series ot' drawers, each fitted with an apron and grid and device forreciprocating the latter, as described, will be found to be an eX-cellent means ot' holding eggs and preserving them from decay.

I do not claim a sieve arranged in a frame and provided with mechanismfor reciprocating it (the said sieve) within such frame.`

What I claim as my invention is- The improved egg-preserver,substantially as described, consisting of the trough or case A, apron B,andthe reciprocating grid C, provided with means or mechanism foroperating it, essentially and for the purpose as set forth.

DEXTER SMITH.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT.

